Imagine If

Nearly a year since Hurricane Maria, Imagine If is heading to Puerto Rico for our very first episode. We meet Isabel Valentín, a high school student who grew up leading nature camps for Para la Naturaleza (PLN), the largest conservation organization in the Caribbean. After the hurricane passed, Isabel found that nature was much more resilient than her community. Now she’s thinking about conservation differently. And she wants to know: how can conservation be reimagined to help Puerto Ricans heal and rebuild?

For more than a year, NAAEE worked hand-in-hand with our partners at Para La Naturaleza to plan our 2017 conference in San Juan. From organizing community service projects to protect urban forests, to planning opportunities for conference attendees to collect data on coastal ecosystem health, NAAEE and PLN dedicated countless hours to advancing our shared goals. While Hurricane Maria forced us to cancel the conference, NAAEE continues to work with our friends at PLN to bring people together to create a more sustainable future. Hear from PLN’s President, Fernando Lloveras talking about PLN’s recovery plan in Maria’s aftermath during the opening of NAAEE’s virtual conference in 2017.

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About Imagine If

Imagine If is a podcast about climate resiliency, where we hear stories from high school students who are experiencing the real-life impacts of climate change and trying to find solutions in their communities. And then we pass them the mic to ask experts about how to tackle these global challenges.